Vaisakhi

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Sikh festival festival harvest festival public holiday religious observance

Vaisakhi is a major spring harvest festival and Sikh religious celebration marking the formation of the Khalsa and the Punjabi New Year.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Baisakhi 2
Khalsa Sajna Divas 1
Punjabi New Year 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sikh festival ⓘ
festival ⓘ
harvest festival ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
associatedWithCommunity Khalsa ⓘ
associatedWithGuru Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ
Guru Nanak ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Anandpur Sahib ⓘ
basedOnCalendar Nanakshahi calendar ⓘ
traditional Punjabi calendar ⓘ
celebratedBy Punjabi people ⓘ
surface form: Punjabis

Sikh people ⓘ
surface form: Sikhs
celebratedInCountry India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
celebratedInRegion Punjab ⓘ
celebratedInReligion Sikhism ⓘ
culturalSignificance Punjabi New Year celebration ⓘ
agrarian festival ⓘ
followsCalendar solar calendar ⓘ
foundedBy Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Vaisakhi ⓘ
surface form: Baisakhi

Vaisakhi ⓘ
surface form: Khalsa Sajna Divas

Vaisakhi ⓘ
surface form: Vaisakh Sankranti
hasRitual Akhand Path ⓘ
Amrit Sanchar ⓘ
Nagar Kirtan ⓘ
community langar ⓘ
kirtan ⓘ
processions ⓘ
visiting gurdwaras ⓘ
hasSymbol Khanda ⓘ
Nishan Sahib flag ⓘ
surface form: Nishan Sahib
marksEvent Vaisakhi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi New Year

Khalsa ⓘ
surface form: formation of the Khalsa

spring harvest in Punjab ⓘ
observedBy Indian diaspora ⓘ
Pakistani diaspora ⓘ
Sikh people ⓘ
surface form: global Sikh diaspora
occursOn 13 April ⓘ
14 April ⓘ
relatedFestival Bihu ⓘ
surface form: Bohag Bihu

Pohela Boishakh ⓘ
Puthandu ⓘ
Vishu ⓘ
religiousSignificance commemoration of creation of Khalsa Panth ⓘ
renewal of Sikh faith and identity ⓘ
season spring ⓘ
typeOfHoliday regional public holiday in parts of India ⓘ
religious and cultural festival ⓘ
yearIntroduced 1699 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khalsa → associatedEvent → Vaisakhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaisakhi of 1699
Vaisakhi → hasAlternativeName → Vaisakhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baisakhi
Vaisakhi → hasAlternativeName → Vaisakhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaisakh Sankranti
Vaisakhi → hasAlternativeName → Vaisakhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khalsa Sajna Divas
Doaba → hasFestival → Vaisakhi ⓘ
Majha → hasFestival → Vaisakhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
Harmandir Sahib → mainFestival → Vaisakhi ⓘ
Vaisakhi → marksEvent → Vaisakhi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punjabi New Year
Sikh people → observes → Vaisakhi ⓘ
Punjabi cuisine → occasion → Vaisakhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baisakhi
Bhangra → performedDuring → Vaisakhi ⓘ